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    An Indian Imitation Of Sasanian Drachm from Gujarat

    Thanks @Pellinore! My avatar comes near the beginning of the "curved head" type - my personal favorite series and IMO some of the most...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 16, 2019 at 4:12 PM in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Why do you collect Ancient coins?

    I collect Greek coins for the art [ATTACH] And the great rulers behind it [ATTACH] I collect Roman coins mainly for the portraiture, whether...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 15, 2019 at 3:48 PM in forum: Ancient Coins
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    CNG winnings... Merciless!

    Nice scores! They usually have some great Greek material, but it also rarely goes cheap! Some of my favorite coins were CNG wins. Probably my top...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 14, 2019 at 5:25 PM in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Indo Sassanian Coinage - Series 1.2 - Proto-gadhaiya, "Chavada" Type

    1.2.1 - Early type with full attendant body In my mind, there is little question that these are a continuation of the preceding series 1.1. They...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 11, 2019 at 3:47 PM in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Indo Sassanian Coinage - Series 1.2 - Proto-gadhaiya, "Chavada" Type

    Following the enigmatic first series comes this series of increasingly Indianized coins. These are traditionally attributed to the Chavadas (also...
    Thread by: Finn235, Jul 11, 2019 at 3:46 PM, 2 replies, in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Beautiful Ant. of Gordianus III (too beautiful??)

    From my experience with the Cyprus NFSL sellers (mainly ancientground AKA silverdenar), they will peddle mass amounts of stuff, about 60-75%...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 10, 2019 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Cut Off Point For Ancient Coins

    One could argue that 450-550 is a good cutoff for most of the world. - Obviously, Rome fell and all of Western Europe was consumed by the...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 10, 2019 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Cut Off Point For Ancient Coins

    For Europe, most consider Charlemagne to be the father of Medieval coinage, as his denarius/denier formed the basis of basically Europe's entire...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 9, 2019 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Oldest coin in collection acquired.

    I love those little Miletos diobols. They are quite common; I wonder how many were originally made for so many of them to make their way to us,...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 9, 2019 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Did I finally bag one? Shapur I

    Those are two very nice coins! Hopefully the weight is a typeo and the drachm weighs 3.83g. Shapur I made, IMO, the most beautiful Sassanian...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 8, 2019 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Do you collect small (<15mm) coins?

    I've always had a soft spot for the small coins - the artwork just seems more impressive at that scale. Some of my favorite tiny coins Cilicia,...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 7, 2019 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Domitian?! Huh? I'm looking for his successor!!

    Tips from an IT guy - most search engines take booleans. Just tried it out on acsearch and this string narrows it down to coins under emperor...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 7, 2019 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Die matches and rarity?

    Had a little time for a side by side of a die match with Maheshwari 290 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This series is interesting to ponder on because almost...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 3, 2019 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    What's your choice: rarity or state ?

    Depends. Are we talking about a ratty Gordian II versus a minty fresh Gordian III? Gordian II is a key coin to any Roman collection seeking all...
    Post by: Finn235, Jul 3, 2019 in forum: Ancient Coins